Spring veggie garden!

Talking to my family back home in Idaho reminds me of how lucky we are here in East Tennessee to have such warm weather. Sure, I won't be feeling that way when July hits, but right now I've got most of my garden already planted, and my cousin reported Idaho Falls had snow this weekend!
This year we're trying to maximize space and get more out of our garden. Sure, we plan to add a few things, I want to put in blueberries and some more rain barrels and he wants a garden shed so he doesn't have to see all my tools ;) but I also wanted to see how much we could get out of the boxes we already have. So I did some reading this winter on square foot gardening, and laid out a grid in the big box to try it out. We planted arugula, mesclun, romaine, iceburg, spinach, dill, cilantro, broccoli, and carrots in the middle of the box. The onions and garlic that we planted to overwinter are still growing in the other levels, but as soon as they're ready to pull we'll add tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers!

I know, it looks like dirt right now, but with a little sunshine and water, a few weeks from now we'll have a backyard produce section! :)